Inamori Kazuo's "Drying Method": A bowl of stinky chicken soup is still a good medicine for healing the soul

Introduction:

After reading Kazuo Inamori's book "Ganfa", I saw such remarks repeated in the book:

At first glance, it seems that the author is just expressing one point over and over again: work hard, devote yourself to work, and work without distraction. It can make you a CEO, marry Bai Fumei, and reach the pinnacle of life.

Are modern youth so easy to fool? Many people feel that they have worked hard enough, but it has not brought about the so-called success. This argument that advocates "hard work = success" is not chicken soup.

Many business owners even bought back hundreds or thousands of copies of "The Way" at once, and asked their employees to write their thoughts after reading it. They promoted an overtime culture in the company, which caused countless employees to complain about "the stench" on Zhihu. "chicken soup" and "evil capitalism".

On the other hand, many people said that they felt "enlightened" after reading this book and felt that their souls were deeply shaken. This book refreshed their views on work and life, and inspired them to Confidence in the future. The author said that success requires "hard work", not "talent", not "luck". In contrast, as long as we are willing, anyone can do it, right?

So, is Inamori Kazuo's "Ganpo" a bowl of stinky chicken soup or a good medicine for healing the soul?

1. What kind of life experience does Kazuo Inamori have?

Only after reading the life legend of the author Kazuo Inamori can you better understand why he made such remarks.

The author was born in Kagoshima, Japan, in 1932. At first, he worked in a company that was on the verge of bankruptcy. When other colleagues left the unlucky company, he had no choice but to stay. He adjusted his mentality and worked hard. In the end, the company came back to life, and the author also made achievements in the professional field. An incredible achievement. From this, he realized from personal experience: As long as you have firm belief, work with enthusiasm, and make a little progress every day, you can achieve results that exceed expectations.

At the age of 27, he started his own business. The two Japanese companies Kyocera and KDDI he founded have entered the ranks of the world's top 500 companies. In the 55 years since its founding, Kyocera has never had a fiscal deficit, no matter how bad the social environment is or how the economic situation changes. This means that his company has strong operating and profitability capabilities.

In 2010, at the age of 78, he became the president of Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. In just one year, he turned JAL, which had gone bankrupt and rebuilt, from losses to profitability and created the highest profits in JAL's history. The profit margin was also the highest among the 727 airline companies in the world that year.

In other words, the author refined a set of ideological systems from his own work experience, used this system to guide his own business, and succeeded, and then used this system to solve the problem of JAL's losses. Success again. The author's series of successful cases are obviously very convincing.

So is this system useful to others? Let’s first talk about the translator of this book, Mr. Cao Xiuyun. He himself is the translator, disseminator and practitioner of Inamori's philosophy.

Mr. Cao has worked in enterprises and government agencies, and has founded 6 companies since 1992. He has many years of experience in running a business, but he has many confusions in business and life. After coming into contact with Inamori and Inamori's philosophy, I suddenly became enlightened. He felt that Mr. Inamori could be his spiritual mentor and that Inamori's philosophy was the truth in life he had been looking for.

The 16 Chinese versions of Kazuo Inamori's "How to Live", "How to Do", "How to Mind: The Philosophy of Kazuo Inamori" and "Amoeba Management" are all translated by Mr. Cao.

Mr. Cao is 69 years old and works 12-15 hours a day, including weekends and holidays. In addition to running many of his own businesses, he also takes the time to translate Inamori's works, and flies more than ten times a month to major companies to preach Inamori's business philosophy and answer entrepreneurs' questions.

If he did not recognize Inamori’s philosophy from the bottom of his heart, I think it would be difficult for Mr. Cao to have such motivation to continue to translate Mr. Inamori’s thoughts. He would not set up a company specifically to spread this ideological system, let alone Practicing the core of what Mr. Inamori expounded in "The Way of Doing": love and passion for work.

In fact, there are many entrepreneurs influenced by Inamori’s philosophy. In 1983, Mr. Inamori founded Seiwa Juku to teach business philosophy to entrepreneurial school students on a voluntary basis. Currently, there are more than 12,000 students in Shenghe School around the world. Now many entrepreneurs from China have joined.

2. What does Daosheng’s business philosophy include?

So, is Inamori’s business philosophy really just as simple as “loving work”, “working hard” and “working with passion”?

In fact, the author explains a lot about his views, mentality, skills, etc. on work in the book:

For example: What should you do when faced with a job you don’t like?

The author's point of view is: "Instead of looking for a job you like, it is better to like the existing job first, be down-to-earth, and start from the front. Looking for a job you like is often like looking for a castle in the air. Instead of pursuing It’s better to fall in love with the job in front of you than to dream about it.”

“For work, I was forced to do it half the time, but soon I became proactive and fell in love with this research. , it goes far beyond the level of "like it or not" and feels the great significance of work."

For example: The ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny. How to maintain a balance between the two?

The author emphasizes focusing on the present and not aiming too high: "Go towards the goal every day and innovate every day, and you will make progress every day and accumulate every day. In order to achieve the goal, no matter how windy it is outside No matter whether it rains or not, no matter how difficult it is, I will concentrate on it and give it my all, first for a month, then for a year, then for 5 years, then for 10 years. If you keep doing this, you will be able to do it. Stepping into situations that were unimaginable at first.”

For example: What should you do when you feel that you are not capable?

The author mentioned that when evaluating one's own abilities, one should use "future continuous tense". You can’t think like this: “Because I haven’t studied, I don’t have knowledge, and I don’t have skills, so I can’t do it.”

You should think like this: “Because I haven’t studied, so I don’t have knowledge, and I don’t have skills. But, I am motivated and confident, so I will be able to do it next year. And starting from this moment, I will study hard, acquire knowledge, and master skills. My abilities will definitely grow in the future. ”

The author also put forward his own formula of work outlook/life outlook:

The so-called “ability” refers to intelligence, motor nerves or health, etc., which is given by parents or God. of.

"Enthusiasm" also refers to "effort". From those who lack motivation and are lazy, to those who are passionate about life and work and work hard, there will be individual differences, ranging from 0 to 100. Score points.

The score for "Thinking Style" ranges from "-100 points" to "100 points". Positive values ??include: not tired of hard work, wishing others well, willing to work hard for everyone’s happiness, etc.; negative values ??include: cynicism, resentment, denying sincerity, etc.

In the author's opinion, the final outcome of your life depends on your scores on these three items. Among the three, the way of thinking is the most important. It can be a positive or negative score. If you have a negative "way of thinking", even a small negative number, the product will become a negative value, and the more "ability" you have, the more important it is. Strong, the higher the "enthusiasm", the greater the negative impact will be on life and work.

In my opinion, the "way of thinking" mentioned by the author is similar to soft strengths such as mentality and character. If you do whatever it takes to harm the interests of others for your own selfish interests, your success will not last long. The author believes that if you want to continue to succeed, your motivation must be correct. This is exactly the same as the "toward conscience" in Yangming's philosophy of mind in China.

3. What is the philosophy behind Inamori’s management?

In fact, Mr. Inamori's series of successes in life are supported by a strong ideological system, which is his "business philosophy." Maintaining enthusiasm, working hard, and developing abilities are just derivatives of this philosophical system.

After reading this book, I thought of Wang Yangming, a master of mind science in the Ming Dynasty of China, and Zeng Guofan, an important minister of the late Qing Dynasty and the general of the Hunan Army. Wang Yangming aspired to become a sage like Yao, Shun and Yu when he was young, and Zeng Guofan aspired to be a saint when he was 30 years old. They have many excellent qualities: for example, they maintain inner peace through meditation and breathing, and daily reflection; they strictly demand themselves according to the standards of saints and get rid of their bad habits; for the sake of people's livelihood and the country, they put aside their egos and regard the safety of the people in the world as their top priority. own mission, and therefore pay a price far exceeding that of ordinary people.

I often feel that people who have achieved extraordinary achievements generally have such a strong sense of historical mission and social responsibility. Mr. Inamori is no exception. When he was building a business, he repeatedly asked himself: Am I here to make more money? Am I doing it to be famous? Do I have my own selfish motives? It took him half a year to confirm that his original intention was for the development of Japan's communications industry, not for his own selfish interests. Later, after his company went public, he, who was supposed to receive the most shares, gave up his rights and did not take any shares.

Throughout their lives, from a secular perspective, they really don’t have much time to enjoy themselves. They are always working, always thinking, always introspecting, and constantly putting forward higher standards for themselves. Demand, accept one difficult challenge after another, and never stop. For them, every day of life is a kind of practice.

They work hard and live seriously, not for fame and fortune, not for worldly evaluation, but precisely for work and life itself, allowing their hearts to settle in the present and enjoy the fullness of every minute and every second. Mr. Inamori once practiced with a Zen monk. He advocated simplicity throughout his life and rejected luxury because he felt that people "will become arrogant once they are extravagant"; he also deeply realized that "desire", "anger" and "ignorance" are the most powerful things that can make people troubled. He regards "hard work" as a spiritual practice to dilute these "three poisons".

4. Do you envy the life of a great person?

Do you envy the life of a great person?

In fact, many people envy their achievements, but not their ascetic lifestyle. Secular people would think that this is "too hard". Sure enough, it is human nature to like to enjoy life and not work hard. If you finally work hard enough to enjoy life, who would still be willing to work hard?

Why do some people study hard for ten years and relax immediately after entering college? Why do some people work hard and then slack off after reaching a certain position in the workplace? For many people, "effort" is just a tool to achieve their goals. Once the goal is achieved, they lose the motivation to continue working hard.

And some people enjoy the sense of accomplishment of self-breakthrough in the process of hard work. Once the goal is achieved, they will set a goal for themselves, just like climbing a mountain, climbing over a mountain. , and then move towards a higher mountain, always climbing, never give up.

Whether Kazuo Inamori's "Ganpo" is a bowl of stinky chicken soup or a good medicine for healing the soul depends on how the reader interprets it.

In fact, no one's success can be completely copied. The author's background of the times, the family environment in which he was born, every important encounter in his life, the important influence of his mentor on him, every experience and every idea he had, created his unique self.

However, this does not prevent us from absorbing part of the author's ideas for our own use. I have similar experiences in work and life.

When we have many thoughts in our minds, our mood is irritable and our emotions fluctuate. However, when we really take action and devote ourselves to something, we will forget everything around us, forget the passage of time, be completely immersed in it, and experience the feeling of "flow", which brings A sense of fulfillment and contentment.

If a person can experience this feeling often, he is undoubtedly happy. If we often experience flu at work, the work results will often exceed our expectations.

But the biggest challenge that ordinary people face is: there are always too many things to distract us, preventing us from focusing on one thing and continuing to invest; once we decide to do something, our minds The thought often flashes through our mind: "What if we fail?" In the final analysis, it is the "eager for quick success" in our bones that affects our emotions.

The author also has a deep understanding of this, and always reminds himself, "Once such unfounded worries arise in the heart, and even a trace of uneasiness and fear arise, then the 'thoughts and wishes' held by The power will be greatly weakened, and the plans and goals will become unachievable.”

In my opinion, what a truly strong person pursues is not temporary success, but a lifetime of practice. The heart is cultivated by the thoughts that arise from the heart, the words and deeds are cultivated, and the cultivation is "the continuous accumulation of one moment and one moment."

Ending

Finally, I end with a sentence from Mr. Kazuo Inamori:

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